Detachable reversible cuff.



G. M. STBINMETZ.- v DETAGHABLE REVERSIBLE CUFF.

APPLICATION FILED SBIT.26, 1911.

Patented July 29, 1913.

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T'all whom it'm/ay concern. Be it known that -I,- Onannns -M. STEIN- Mn'rz, citizen of the-United States, residing at -Washington, District of Golumbia have signed wit reference to soft shirts having.

refolded cufis usually of-soft material. As commonly made, these refolded cuffs of soft materialarey-s'ewed permanently to the wristband of the shirt. Asa'conseqnence, ifthe 'cuifis become a dirty, 1 the shirt can not be worn; These soft cuffs" are particularly liableto-getdirty, and this forms one of the main-objections to the-useof thesoft shirt havin these refolded-cuffs A -ain, if the ecome frayed or ragge the shirt mus'tbe thrown away, even though other- .wise in a perfectly good condition. 'Beversible cuffs have, of=-course, been made wherein the end is reversed end for end, but inasmuchas this cufi' is attached on the outside ofthe wristband, a shirt having reversible cuffs of this Character can notbe worn without a coat as the slight margin of the cult adjacent to the wristband of the shirt will show. a

The primary object of my invention is to overcome these objections and provide a cufi' which is not only detachable but inwhich a fresh face may be resented to the public b'yturning the (and inside out.

A further object is to provide a end of this character. whereinthe fastening devices are entirely concealed so that the cuff when in-place looks precisely as though it were sewed or otherwise permanently attached to the wristband. A further object is to so form the cuff. and shirt that the fastening devices attaching the cuif to the shirt 'do not extend through out,and of a refoldable cuff partly attached the wristband and into contact with the wrist of the wearer.

My invention 15 illustrated in the accompartying. drawings wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a ortion made view of a portion of a shirt-sleeve opened by the same reference characters. ;In the drawings, 2 designates part of a to the wristband of the shirt-sleeve, said cuff,- however, being opened out and not folded. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view through a portion of the cuff and the wristband-and through the attaching means:

Correspondingand like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated mall the views of the accompanying drawshirt-sleevehaving a wristband 3 provided with a plurality of attaching members 4. As illustrated,- these attaching members have the form of a somewhat bulbous spring stud and are attached to the wristband in any' sui'table mamner. It is to be particularly noted that the spring stud ,is attached to the exterior :lface of the wristband and that each stud has.-{a v relatively wide base attaohedv toothe face offhe wristband and not extending therethrough. I do not, however, wish to be limited to this construction.

W 'Theouff is designated -5', and as shown in rag. 2 gis-fo'ldable on itself onthe line 'a--a so that 'normally the cuff isrefolded upon itself as in-Fig. 1. Each end-of the cuff 15 formed with a pair of buttonholes 6,

[the buttonholes of eachpair; when-the cuif is refolded, registering with cash other to .'permit the passage of a link. One longitudinal edge of the cuff is provided with a plurality of fastening devices complementary'to the fastening devices onthe wristhand. These fastening devices are preferably spring sockets designated 7 which coact with and are complementary vto the spring studs 4'. From Fig. 2 it will be seen that these sockets are located on opposite faces of the cuff so that either face of the cuff may be presented to the outside face of the wristband and either set of sockets-7 may beengaged with the studs fl.

While I prefer to use the snap fastenings illustrated 1n the drawings, I do not wish to be limited tothese. I have, however, found them particularly convenient for this purpose as the Y permit the end to be readil attached to t e wrist band, hold it secure y in place and permit it to-be readily detached.

It willbe seen from Fig. '1 that when the fcufl is in place u on the wristband and refolded npon itsel the fastening devices are entirely concealed by the ply 8 of the cuff,

this ply being so wide after the cuff is refolded that it extends down over the sockets 7 attached to the opposite longitudinal edge of the cuff. When it is desired to reverse the cuff, the cuff isremoved from the wristband, foldedentirely over so that what was before the inside face becomes the outside face of the cuff, and the cuff is again attached; This is rendered possible by the fact that there are two sets of sockets located on opposite faces of the cuff.

It is to be particularl noted that when the cuff is reversed and re olded, the soiled portion is entirel concealed and is entirely on the inside oft e refolded cufi'. A plain cuff while it is capable of being reversed end to end is not capable of being refolded and as a consequence, the soiled part of the on is fully dlspla ed. With my improved cuff, not only s t e soiled portion of the cuff concealed, but no soiled portion comes in contact with the wrist of the wearer. The cuff to all intents and purposes is as fit for wear as if it was entirely new and fresh.

While I have referred to this cuff as being made of soft material such as flannel, cheviot, madras, etc., it will be entirely obvious that the cuff might be made of starched material but so made as to be folded along the line aa.

It will be seen that that portion of the wrist-band coming in contact with the wrist does not have any studs, buttons or other fastening devices and, as a consequence, there is no pressure of these devices against the wrist, as is the case where detachable cuffs are fastened to a shirt-sleeve by means of cuff buttons passing through the wristband.

Not only is this so, but it is also true, as I have found by experience, that cuffs of the turned over or refolded style attached in the manner described are much betterfitting than cuffs which are permanently attached to the shirt, or cufis which are attached to the shirt by means of buttons passing through the wristband and only disposed at two points. Not only does my invention permit the cuff to be refolded when soiled, but it also greatly lengthens the wear or life of the shirt or shirtwaist, because the cuffs ma be removed and replaced with new cuffs w enever necessary.

What I claim is:

A sleeve the wristband of which is provided on its outer face with a series of fastem'ng devices, a cuff folded to produce a face of substantially a width one-half thewidth of the entire cufl, securing devices se-- cured in spaced relation adjacent one edge of the cuff and throughout its entire length, said securin devices bein engageable from either side 0 the cuff and isposed to receive the securin devices of the wristband, the free edge 0 the cuff overlying the wristband and concealing the fastenin devices when either of the faces of the cu are exposed.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES M. STEINMETZ. a 8.

Witnesses:

FREDERIC B. WRIGHT, W. Woonson. 

